Definitions for Carnival

Carnival car·ni·val

Spelling: [kahr-nuh-vuh l]
IPA: /ˈkɑr nə vəl/

Carnival is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in Carnival (aacilnrv).

Definitions for Carnival

noun

  1. a traveling amusement show, having sideshows, rides, etc.
  2. any merrymaking, revelry, or festival, as a program of sports or entertainment:
  3. the season immediately preceding Lent, often observed with merrymaking; Shrovetide.

Origin of Carnival

1540-50; Italian carnevale, Old Italian carnelevare taking meat away, equivalent to carne flesh (Latin carnem, accusative of caro) + levare Latin levāre to lift

Examples for Carnival

When is the carnival, and when does this piece of tomfoolery come off?

They say that you want to give your daughter in marriage to a someone in a carnival costume?

Was the hammer scene, for you, like that strength game at the carnival where you hit the block with the hammer?

If many people went to the carnival they must have approached it from the other direction.

And you think you would like to go to the carnival Ball, hey?

It was Sunday, the first day of the carnival, and that devoted to the ball of the season.

But she also is disappointed by the way Costa Crociere, owned by carnival Cruise Lines, has handled the situation.

People aboard the carnival Magic have another day and a half at sea before they reach Galveston, Texas.

Arellano reportedly had her heart set on becoming the 1977 carnival queen of Mazatlan and certainly possessed the necessary looks.

Lupher says the carnival Magic tried to land in Cozumel, but that the Mexican authorities blocked them from the dock.

Word Value for Carnival
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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